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Men Lust For Hourglass Curves, Say Researchers
The Telegraph (UK) ^
| 1-9-2007
| Roger Highfield
Posted on 01/09/2007 5:53:04 PM PST by blam
Men lust for hourglass curves, say researchers
By Roger Highfield Science Editor
Last Updated: 11:14pm GMT 09/01/2007
The traditional theory of beauty says that for every man who chases the voluptuous type, such as Jordan or Marilyn Monroe, there is another who prefers to woo a waif such as Twiggy or Kate Moss.
But this and the idea that beauty is subjective and ever-changing has been overturned by Prof Devendra Singh and his daughter Adrian Singh.
The psychologists from the University of Texas today publish research showing lovestruck men have only one thing on their minds: a woman's WHR - waist-hip ratio, calculated by dividing waist circumference by that of her hips. Prof Singh found evidence this "belle curve" is ingrained in the male brain in his studies of Playboy centrefolds, the ancient Egyptians and tests on men from different cultures.
Today, in the Royal Society journal, Proceedings of the Royal Society, Biological Sciences, they analyse thousands of examples of British literature from the 16th to 18th Centuries to show that men found the same things attractive then as today: a narrow waist and an hourglass shape.
"There were 66 romantic descriptions of waist in these three centuries, and every one of them referred to a narrow waist," said Prof Singh.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: babygotback; broadsohyeah; curves; embiggened; hourglass; ifugotthecurves; igottheangles; ilikebigbutts; lust; men; single; sirmixalot; thick; yeahbaby
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posted on
01/09/2007 5:53:06 PM PST
by
blam
To: blam
Will there be pictures in this thread? ;)
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posted on
01/09/2007 5:54:22 PM PST
by
Mr J
(All IMHO.)
To: Mr J; blam
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posted on
01/09/2007 5:56:29 PM PST
by
sit-rep
( http://trulineint.com/latestposts.asp)
To: blam
Some men don't lust at all. Most of them are called Christians. No, not queers.
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posted on
01/09/2007 5:56:34 PM PST
by
Frwy
(Eternity without Jesus is a hell-of-a long time.)
To: Mr J; blam
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posted on
01/09/2007 5:56:43 PM PST
by
sit-rep
( http://trulineint.com/latestposts.asp)
To: Mr J
You wanted a pic....
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posted on
01/09/2007 5:56:50 PM PST
by
Diverdogz
To: Frwy
Just remember - God forgave Mr. Peanut!
To: Mr J
Sure, here ya go.
To: Mr J
How about this?
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posted on
01/09/2007 5:57:37 PM PST
by
Huntress
(Proud owner of Norman/Norma, the transsexual attack cat.)
To: Frwy
Some men don't lust at all. Most of them are called Christians. True, but just a quick second look never hurt anyone!!
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posted on
01/09/2007 5:57:57 PM PST
by
sit-rep
( http://trulineint.com/latestposts.asp)
To: Diverdogz
Hey, you have good taste!
To: blam
Yes, I have to agree that Twiggy doesn't have a lot of sex appeal.
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posted on
01/09/2007 5:58:49 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Frwy
Some men don't lust at all. Most of them are called Christians. No, not queers. Actually, I think there's only been ONE man that didn't lust at all, but you are right about the Christian part :)
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posted on
01/09/2007 5:59:06 PM PST
by
timm22
(Think critically)
To: blam
There may be a more primal, hard-wired reaction relating to a man sub-conciously seeking a woman with good child-bearing hip structure.
To: blam
Who would have guessed? It's nice to see that effort is put into such ground-breaking research. (/sarcasm)
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posted on
01/09/2007 5:59:53 PM PST
by
Aikonaa
To: blam
kate moss???
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posted on
01/09/2007 6:00:30 PM PST
by
cloud8
To: Frwy
Some men don't lust at all. LOL.
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posted on
01/09/2007 6:00:41 PM PST
by
Aikonaa
To: Frwy
Some men don't lust at all. Most of them are called Christians. No, not queers.
Wrong. A healthy man will feel lust, and that includes Christian men. However, truly believing Christian men control their lusts, rather than allowing their lusts to control them.
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posted on
01/09/2007 6:01:37 PM PST
by
fr_freak
To: blam
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posted on
01/09/2007 6:02:43 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: blam
Prof Singh found evidence this "belle curve" is ingrained in the male brain in his studies of Playboy centrefolds,
Long hours of difficult study?
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posted on
01/09/2007 6:03:05 PM PST
by
MAexile
(Bats left, votes right)
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